Manufacture of wire coated articles



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B. KELLERMANN. MANUFACTURE 0 WIR COATED ARTICLES.

No. 310,441. PdtentedJan. 6, 188 5.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL KELLERMANN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MANUFACTURE OF WIRE COATED ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,441, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed September 20, 1884. (Model To all whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, EMIL KELLERMANN, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in the Manufacture of Coated XVire Articles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Ihis invention has for its object the giving of a'highly-ornamentalappearance to vases, baskets, and other useful and ornamental articlesmade of wire-cloth; and it consists in coating said articles andfashioning or decorating the ends of the wires of which they arecomposed with a coating in the form of bulbs, produced by repeatedlydipping the ends of the wires in an adhesive substance or substances andcovering the samewith a grand lar or flocculent material, substantiallyas hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a partly-sectional face view of a square or piece ofwire-cloth enibodying my invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of thesame after it has been blocked into an ornamental shape for any use thatmay be required; and Fig. 3, a view in perspective of three squares orpieces of wire-cloth embodying the invent-ion, and as united to form astructure of any desired pattern, according to the use for which it isintended.

In carrying out my invention I first take a piece of wire-cloth, A, Fig.1, cut in the form of a square or any other suitable shape, and of anydesired size, and dip the edges of the same or terminal portions of thewires in any suitable adhesive substance or compound such, for instance,as oil paint or a silicate solution, molten metal, &c.-and then coverthe same with sand, baryta, wool-dust, or other granular or floeeulentmaterial, and after the whole is dry repeat the operation till bulbs bof the required size are formed on the ends of the wires. The square orpiece of wire-clothA is then blocked into shape, which may be asrepresented in Fig. 2, or into any other desired shape, according to thepurpose for which it is intended; or a number of such squares or piecesA of wire-cloth, having the r bulbs formed on the ends of the wires, asdel scribed, may be suitably shaped on or over blocks, and be riveted,wire-tied, soldered, or otherwise united togetheras, for instance, asshown in Fig. 3leaving the bulbs b exposed, as before. Ihe whole,orarticle, whatever it may be, as made from wire-cloth decorated withterminal bulbs, as described, is then dipped again, or may be repeatedlydipped, in the adhesive substance or compound, and covered with granularor flocculent material to give it the requir d finish.

I am aware that in the manufacture of wax flowers a single strand ofcotton or wire has been formed with a globular head by dipping the samefirst into a gum or melted wax and then into a powder, and I thereforedo not claim such invention.

My invention relates to wire-cloth and articles formed therefrom.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In the manufacture of coated wire articles made from wire-cloth, theprocess herein described of decorating the same, which con sists inrepeatedly dipping the ends of the wires or edges of the material in anadhesive substance or compound and covering said dipped ends, whichassume the form of bulbs or protuberances, with a granular or fioccnlentmaterial, substantially as specified.

2. In the manufacture of coated wire articles, wire-cloth formed withbulbs on the ends of the wires, composed of an adhesive substance orcompound and a granular or flocculent material, essentially asdescribed.

3. In the manufacture of coated wire articles, the method hereindescribed of making and decorating the same, which consists inconstructing the article from one or more pieces of wire-cloth,repeatedly dipping the exposed ends of the wires in an adhesivesubstance or compound, and covering the same with granular or floeculentmaterial to form bulbs, blocking the structure into shape, and finallycoating the whole,substantially as specified.

EM'IL KELLERMANN.

XVitnesses:

HERMAN MULLER, CARRIE MULLER.

